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Species Platydema ruficornis

Platydema ruficorne ??? - Platydema ruficornis Platydema ruficorne - Platydema ruficornis Platydema ruficorne? - Platydema ruficornis Platydema - Platydema ruficornis Tenebrionidae ? - Platydema ruficornis Teneb? - Platydema ruficornis Platydema - Platydema ruficornis Platydema ruficorne - Platydema ruficornis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Diaperina
Genus Platydema
Species ruficornis (Platydema ruficornis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Platydema ruficorne; Platydema anale Haldeman 1848
Explanation of Names
Platydema ruficornis (Sturm 1826)
Size
3.5‒5.8 mm(1)
Identification
opaque; dorsum black to piceous, unmarked; appendages & venter ferrugineous
Range
e NA (QC―FL to ON―MN―CO―TX); Bahamas(2)
Habitat
fleshy fungi; moldy grain; under bark(3)
Remarks
comes to lights; very common
Works Cited
1.Revision of Diaperini of American north of Mexico with notes on extralimital species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Triplehorn, C.A. 1965. Proceedings of the United States National Museum No. 3515, 117: 349-458.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
3.The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States